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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gopnik need to do before he could receive his carte de sejour?
(a) He need to pay an outstanding parking ticket.
(b) He needed to undergo a physical.
(c) He needed to take an exam proving his language abilities.
(d) He needed to have his photograph taken.

2. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?
(a) It is much more salty than he remembers turkey being.
(b) It is the best tasting turkey he has ever had.
(c) It has a very tough texture, but still tastes good.
(d) It tastes much poorer than other turkeys he has had.

3. How many haute couture shows were in Paris in Couture Shock?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

4. Which designer created a forest-like set in Couture Shock?
(a) Valentino.
(b) Yves Saint Laurent.
(c) Olivier Lapidus.
(d) Ungaro.

5. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?
(a) He was a magistrate.
(b) He was the secretary general.
(c) He was the governor.
(d) He was the mayor of Bordeaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do French intellectuals regard the affect of American culture on France?

2. What is the name of the satirical paper that Gopnik buys every Wednesday?

3. What did Adam have to undergo before he was allowed to work out on the machines at this gym?

4. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?

5. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Gopnik, how do the French see life?

2. In Distant Errors, Christmas Journal 2, how does Gopnik feel about his experience of immigrating to Paris?

3. What does Gopnik think the strike illustrates about the French way of coping with difficulties?

4. Why don't people buy the one thousand outfits exhibited at the haute couture shows?

5. According to Gopnik, what keeps France functioning and unified?

6. What idea does Alice have for a restaurant in the Louvre?

7. What happens when Gopnik decides to finish the Rookie story?

8. Why does Gopnik think that writing is sometimes a depressing job?

9. How is Luke exposed to Barney for the first time?

10. Describe the engraving, Paris to the Moon, that Gopnik and his wife buy in Paris.

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